Tunde Baiyewu
Voice of Lighthouse Family
Tunde Baiyewu (born Babatunde Emmanuel Baiyewu, 25 November 1968) is a British singer-songwriter of Nigerian descent was the lead member of the multi-platinum selling, Lighthouse Family.
The and released their debut album ‘Ocean Drive ’, with the lead single Lifted reaching the top five on the UK Singles Chart. ‘Ocean Drive’ was certified six-times platinum by the end of 1997, selling more than 1.8 million copies in the UK alone and spending 154 weeks on the UK Album Chart.
Lighthouse Family’s follow-up albums, ‘Postcards from Heaven ’ achieved similar status in 1997, reaching six times Platinum status, and ‘Whatever Gets You Through the Day ’ also receiving Platinum status.
They subsequently sold over fifteen million albums throughout their career.
Over the past few years, Tunde has been working on a new collection of recordings, inspired by the artists and the singer-songwriter era of the 1970’s. Reunited with Lighthouse Family producer Mike Peden, they have recorded a selection of Troubadour influenced songs.
Songs recorded are gems written by Elton John, Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor, Leon Russell, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, America, David Gates, Bill Withers, Todd Rundgren and Barry White.